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noun (wikipedia, V-1 flying bomb)
- an early guided missile, powered by a pulse jet, used by Germany in the Second World War
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noun (wikipedia, V-2 rocket)
- an early long-range liquid-fuel ballistic missile used by Germany during the Second World War
| | Van |
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proper noun
- a male given name, diminutive of Vance or Ivan
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noun
- The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.
- (by extension) The persons at the forefront of any group or movement.
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noun - A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette.
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noun
- any material that causes blisters upon contact with the skin
adjective
- causing blistering to the skin
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noun
- A person with long experience of a particular activity.
- A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.
adjective
- Having had long experience, practice, or service.
- Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.
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proper noun
- (given name, male), derived from a Late Latin personal name meaning "conqueror", borne by several saints.
| | Victoria Cross |
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noun (or VC)
- Britain's highest military award, a bronze Maltese cross - For Valour
| | viper |
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noun (vipers)
- A poisonous snake in the family Viperidae.
| | volley |
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noun - The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles; the missiles so fired
- (sport) The flight of a ball just before it bounces
- (sport) A shot, especially in tennis, in which the ball is played before it hits the ground
verb
- (transitive) To fire a volley of shots
- (context, sport, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground
- (intransitive) To be fired in a volley
- (context, sport, intransitive) To make a volley
| | volunteer |
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noun
- One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will, especially when done without pay.
- (context, Military) One who enters into military service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
- (rfv-sense) A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made.
- (context, Law) A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
- (context, Agriculture) A plant.
verb
- (intransitive) To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
- (transitive) To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
- to for doing the dishes
- to an explanation
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary
- companies
- fire brigade
- advice
- (context, Agriculture) Growing spontaneously without being sow
- Verb, sown.
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proper noun
- (context, Roman mythology) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, principally blacksmiths.
- ''The goddess Venus was the wife of .
- (astronomy, historical) A theoretical planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun in a 19th-century hypothesis.
- (science fiction) A fictional planet in the w:Star Trek, Star Trek universe.
- (science fiction) A member of the humanoid race inhabiting the fictional planet Vulcan; the race is noted for lack of emotion and adherence to logic.
- (science fiction) The language spoken by these humanoids.
- (slang) (pejorative) A person who seems to lack emotion or is overly analytical and boring.
- A town in southern Alberta, Canada.
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